Ukrainian Parliament approves World-Council-backed credit union law
Vote totals on first reading of Draft Law on Credit Unions. (World Council photo)
The World Council of Credit Unions’ International Advocacy and International Projects’ teams scored a major victory this week when the Ukrainian Parliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of a new draft law on credit unions. The law must now pass a second reading as the final step for adoption.
If adopted, the law would lay the foundation for updating the country’s legal framework for credit union operations and build a level playing field for credit unions in the financial services market.
Members of Parliament (MPs), with support from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), developed the language for the Draft Law on Credit Unions after extensive analysis, feedback and advocacy input from World Council International Advocacy and World Council International Projects’ Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) Project, a USAID-funded activity in Ukraine.
Specifically, the draft law:
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